The waiting room at the driver licensing is empty on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Exams were closed due to a state-wide power outage for government systems. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
South Dakota state government telephone systems and websites went down across several departments Tuesday, limiting systems and services.
One woman filling out driver’s licensing paperwork at the Sioux Falls One Stop Tuesday afternoon yelled in exasperation over the news. There was no signage to warn her driver’s license exams were closed, just an empty waiting room and blank TV screens…